Washington Nationals

The ball cleared the center field wall, and the sellout crowd roared. Bryce Harper threw his bat in the air, thrust both index fingers skyward and yelled with delight as a shower of streamers rained upon the crowd of 43,698.

Mark Lerner's first letter to then-commissioner Bud Selig after his family bought the Nationals asked to host the All-Star Game.

Starling Marte hit a two-run home run and Trevor Williams combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Wednesday.

If you are not attending the game, you will not be able to find the game anywhere on television as it is an exclusive MLB Facebook Watch telecast.

By ALAN SAUNDERS, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer, Daniel Murphy doubled twice and had four hits, and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday night. Rendon hit his 13th homer off starter Joe Musgrove (3-4) in the fifth inning, and...

By ALAN SAUNDERS, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Polanco drove in four runs in the first two innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates went on to a 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night. Polanco hit a two-run double in the first as the Pirates started the game with four...

The Pirates scored only 10 runs during the series.

The Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-4 Wednesday night.

The way the Washington Nationals have been playing, it wasn't enough for Tanner Roark to pitch effectively into the seventh inning. He also had to drive in a run — his first since 2016 — and talk manager Dave Martinez into leaving him in to face one last hitter.

Hard-throwing lefty reliever claimed off waivers from Nationals